Cricket Announces Huawei Ascend II

Prepaid carrier Cricket Wireless is no stranger to Android. At a 1:1 meeting with Thedroidguy this past March Cricket’s VP Matt Stoiber and Marketing Guru Greg Lund told us that Android has been a great success to them and they are happy that they can offer Android powered smartphones to their cost conscious subscribers.

Cricket began their Android line up with the Kyocera Zio, even before it was released on Sprint and Sprint ID was added. The next Android device on the Cricket network was the original Huawei Ascend. It offered the best value proposition for an Android 2.x smartphone at the time, and they are following it up with the Huawei Ascend II.

More after the break

The Ascend II takes away the trackball and adds Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It also packs a 3.5″ HVGA touchscreen, 600mhz processor, 5 megapixel camera and access to over 230,000 Android apps in the Android Market.

“We are excited about the sleek, new Huawei Ascend II,” said Matt Stoiber, vice president and general manager of devices for Cricket Communications. “The original Ascend has been our best-selling smartphone and the Ascend II is sure to impress our customers with its faster processor, 5 megapixel camera and the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.”

The Huawei Ascend II is only $179.99 and it’s yours to keep on Cricket Wireless. Unlimited everything, including data, will cost you just $55 a month (the same as Virgin Mobile’s new rates). Android Central is reporting that the Huawei Ascend II will also end up on US Cellular this fall.

Cricket will also be receiving the power house Huawei Glory with a 1.4ghz dual core processor sometime before the end of the year.

DISCLAIMER

(i) TheDroidGuy.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.The links and images of the products we review contain links to Amazon.com, TheDroidGuy.com will receive sales commission if you purchase items that we refer on Amazon.com.Thank you for your support.(ii) Prices and product availability shown for products we review are for references only. Although we do update our data regularly, the pricing and availability of the products we review are constantly changing, please check on the merchant site for the actual price and availability.(iii) We are not affiliated with the device manufacturers or phone carriers we mention in any way, all suggestions are based on our own experience and research, you may use our advice at your own discretion.(iv)see additional privacy policy here